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Google Cloud announced on 22 October that OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra, GPT-6.1 Sol and GPT-6 Luna models are coming to its Model Garden in a private enterprise preview — while Claude also runs directly on the platform.
Asad · Oct 23, 2026 Read article →ArtCraft is two revolutions in one: a free, open-source AI studio (the 'IDE for artists') with 62 generation models — and the Crafting Apps, thirteen free Rust-built alternatives to Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, InDesign, Acrobat and more, on Windows, Mac, Linux and in the browser.
Asad · Oct 22, 2026 Read article →Anthropic unveiled Claude Duet on 21 October 2026, according to Reuters: a standalone proactive AI agent app that briefs professionals, monitors connected apps and surfaces items needing attention.
Asad · Oct 22, 2026 Read article →Google has open-sourced TorchTPU, a native PyTorch backend for its TPU accelerators co-developed with Meta's PyTorch team, according to reports published on 20 October 2026.
Asad · Oct 21, 2026 Read article →OpenAI has acquired Orchestra Bio, a San Francisco startup building AI agents that help pharmaceutical teams keep drug-development programs on track, according to reports published on 20 October 2026.
Asad · Oct 21, 2026 Read article →SPAN's XFRA program, launched with NVIDIA and homebuilder PulteGroup, bolts a 16-GPU mini data center onto new homes. Hosts pay nothing upfront, SPAN owns and resells the compute, and the home's electricity and internet come at a flat, heavily discounted rate — an example figure is about $150 a month.
Asad · Oct 21, 2026 Read article →Town announced a $108 million Series B co-led by Forerunner Ventures and Menlo Ventures on 19 October 2026, reaching a unicorn valuation four months after its public launch.
Asad · Oct 20, 2026 Read article →OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind confirmed weeks of joint work on cyber-safety models, safeguards and access programmes, in a week that also brought a royal-hosted AI safety summit in Scotland and a reported cross-lab security exercise.
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